a Plan For Success
You should never have to work with someone who doesn’t genuinely care about you. Our mission at McClanahan & Winston, P.C. is to diligently advocate for you and ensure you feel relaxed and taken care of.
serving The upper cumberland & Knoxville areas
McClanahan & Winston is a client-focused law firm, serving the Upper Cumberland and Knoxville areas of Tennessee. We specialize in estate planning, conservatorships, guardianship, probate, civil litigation, business law, and traffic-related criminal defense.
We help our clients start their own business, plan for the future, or make sure that their interests are represented. We work hard to educate our clients, assist them in overcoming complicated legal challenges, and put them on a pathway for success in the future.
McClanahan & Winston
Matthew is a proud native born Tennessean and the third generation to live on his family’s farm. His roots trace back to his ancestor and the first governor of the state of Tennessee, John Sevier. While at the University of Tennessee College of Law, Matthew concentrated his studies on advocacy and dispute resolution. Prior to law school, he worked as an agent with Farm Bureau Insurance of Tennessee. Matthew understands the importance of communication, honesty, hard work, determination, and treating people the way you would want to be treated. He is honored to serve the legal needs of individuals and companies with interests in and throughout Tennessee.
Matthew is a member of the Order of Barristers, serves as a member of the Agricultural Foundation for Tennessee Tech University, is a former President of the Knoxville Chapter of the Federalist Society, is a member of the Knoxville Estate Planning Council, and is a member of the board of directors for Tennessee Parks & Greenways serving as East Tennessee Vice-President.
Born in Knoxville, Mr. Winston counsels clients ranging from small local businesses to large national companies in business sales and acquisitions. Mr. Winston also maintains a general practice in estate planning, debt collection, probate, corporate law, and criminal defense. Mr. Winston earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In law school, Mr. Winston was the Recipient of the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Advanced Legal Writing. He earned his Juris Doctorate, Cum Laude, from the University of South Carolina in 2014. Also in 2014, he was admitted to the Tennessee Bar. Mr. Winston is a member of the Knoxville Bar Association ("KBA"), the Federalist Society, and the Knox County Animal Cruelty Alliance Advisory Committee. He is a 2017 alumnus of Leadership Knoxville’s Introduction Knoxville. Mr. Winston serves on the Memorials & Resolutions Committee of the KBA. Mr. Winston enjoys spending time with his wife, Jessie, an art teacher at Knoxville West High School, and their two children, Jacob (b. April 2015) and Kate (b. April 2017).
LED
Hinton
CORBIN
Payne
Corbin Payne was born 1989 in South Carolina into an Air Force family. He graduated from Liberty University in 2012 with a Bachelors of Science and Accounting. Next for Corbin was law school at the University of Tennessee. During his time there Corbin got involved in disability rights advocacy with the disABILITY Resource Center. Corbin has also served Legal Aid of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands. He graduated from UT in 2015 and started working mostly in mergers and acquisitions, but has transitioned to mostly criminal defense and Family law. In his free time Mr.Payne is a correspondent for the Jordan Harbinger Podcast. He enjoys biking Civil War battlefields, and working his way through the Tennessee Whiskey Trail.
Led has lived in Tennessee most of his life going to West High school, and the University of Tennessee for three semesters before getting Insurance licensed. Led is a 5th generation Health, Life, Property, and Casualty Insurance consultant.
At the law office he handles tasks ranging from organization and filing, to drafting and running documents around Tennessee. In his free time he enjoys working on his Integra, practicing jiujitsu, and hunting.